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by nickbw
Sun Apr 17, 2016 12:51 pm
Forum: Banter
Topic: How sought after are wooden GP14s?
Replies: 2
Views: 12993

Re: How sought after are wooden GP14s?

Thanks Rupert for the suggestions, I appreciate it. Nick
by nickbw
Sat Apr 16, 2016 8:07 pm
Forum: Banter
Topic: How sought after are wooden GP14s?
Replies: 2
Views: 12993

How sought after are wooden GP14s?

I have finally woken up to the fact my two children have grown up left school and moved away from home. I no longer have any helping hands to help me with shifting dinghys and trailers around but I still have two dinghys, an Enterprise and a GP 14, both wooden and the latter even has its original wo...
by nickbw
Tue Aug 25, 2015 11:50 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: Covers for wooden boats
Replies: 17
Views: 15705

Re: Covers for wooden boats

If you have to store out doors during the winter then the best way is to use a tarpaulin in addition to the boat cover. have a tarp that is longer than the boat by several meters and lace it with a polypropylene rope fairly loosely allowing a fold at the bows and leaving open at the stern. Fit the c...
by nickbw
Tue May 19, 2015 2:28 pm
Forum: Boat Identification and Dinghy History
Topic: GP14 age and 3 stud trailer wheel availability?
Replies: 33
Views: 30301

Re: GP14 age and 3 stud trailer wheel availability?

I have a short but quite steep drive uphill from the garage with a lawn adjacent to it where I park a wooden Enterprise ( circa 1960) and a wooden GP14 (1961) but to keep the gras mowed I have to juggle them around and I do not have any neighbours to help. Last week in pulling the GP14 off the drive...
by nickbw
Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:40 pm
Forum: Boat Chat
Topic: Main sheet on circa 1950s/60s GP14
Replies: 4
Views: 6165

Main sheet on circa 1950s/60s GP14

Hello all. I Purchased a wooden GP14 from a Plymouth address although the owner was already living in New Zeland, so I had no opportunity to get any detailed info on the boat it is generally in very good condition, including wooden centreboard and wooden mast and boom. It has been in storage and I a...